Collections of textiles-historic costume, quilts, needlework samplers, and the like-have benefited greatly from the digital turn in museum and archival work. Both institutional online repositories and collections-based social media sites have fostered unprecedented access to tex…
Fully revised and updated; this second edition continues to define the field of design in fashion and textiles. Arranged in two sections, the first four chapters represent key stages of the lifecycle: material cultivation/extraction, production, use and disposal. The remaining f…
Fully revised and updated; this second edition continues to define the field of design in fashion and textiles. Arranged in two sections, the first four chapters represent key stages of the lifecycle: material cultivation/extraction, production, use and disposal. The remaining f…
Woven textile structure: theory and application
Woven textiles are produced by nearly all human societies. This volume investigates evidence for patterned textiles (that is, textiles woven with elaborate designs) that were produced by two early Mediterranean civilisations: the Minoans of Crete and the Mycenaeans of mainland G…
Textiles in automotive engineering
by Fung, Walter, Hardcastle, Mike, Textile Institute
This text combines medical & smart textiles by looking at how smart or intelligent textiles are being used in healthcare. It assesses trends in smart medical textiles & their diverse uses in areas such as woundcare & drug release systems. It also reviews their role in monitoring…
This text combines medical & smart textiles by looking at how smart or intelligent textiles are being used in healthcare. It assesses trends in smart medical textiles & their diverse uses in areas such as woundcare & drug release systems. It also reviews their role in monitoring…
Fabric testing
by Textile Institute (Manchester, England), Hu, Jinlian
fromWoodhead publishing in textiles
The textile industry is becoming an increasingly competitive environment. Differentiating products by quality is particularly important. Testing can be performed both to improve product quality and achieve compliance to international, regional or retailer specific standards. Fab…
"Automotive textiles represent one of the most valuable international markets for technical textiles. This book provides an in-depth review of the design and development of automotive textiles and recent advances made in technical textiles for a variety of automotive application…
Automotive textiles represent one of the most valuable international markets for technical textiles. Textile advances in the automotive industry provides an in-depth review of the design and development of automotive textiles and the recent advances made in technical textiles fo…
Creativity is an integral part of human history, yet most studies focus on the modern era, leaving unresolved questions about the formative role that creativity has played in the past. This book explores the fundamental nature of creativity in the European Bronze Age. Considerin…